Carrier for target-traps.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

J. P. LEGGETT.

CARRIER FOR TARGET TRAPS.

APPLICATION FILED APE.26,1903

JOSEPH P. LEGGETT, OF OARTHATE,

MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHAM- BERLIN CARTRIDGE & TARGET COMPANY OF CLEVELAND, OHIO. I

CARRIER FOR TARGET-TRAPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed April 25, 1903. Serial No. 154,212.

To all whom it "may concern.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. LEGGETT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Carthage, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and use- I ful Improvements in Carriers for Target- Traps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a target trap carrier for the reception of targets to be thrown by the operatidn of the trap.

The invention has for its object the production of a carrier into which the targets may be rapidly fed from the rear of the carrier onto the arms thereof without the necessity of a spreading action such as has heretofore been necessary in target trap carriers and has resulted in the breakage of many targets during the use of a trap by reason of the necessity of spreading the spring C0111; trolled supporting arms and permitting them to assume their normal condition for the purpose of holding the target.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a side elevation of a target trap frame arm and throw arm pivoted thereto, and my carrier applied to said throw arm. Fig. 11 is anenlarged perspective view of the carrier. Fig. III is a section taken on line III-III, Fig. 11, through the pivot stem head of the carrier and the inner end of the yielding arm connected thereto.

1 designates the frame of a target trap which may be of any ordinary construction. 2 is the throwing arm which is pivoted by means of a stem 3 to said frame; and 4 represents a spring which may be of ordinary construction and arranged, in the well known manner, for actuating said throwing arm.

The carrier includes a base which, as shown, consists of two arms 9 and 11, which converge and merge together to form the head 5. The base is formedof these two arms, because by cutting out the intervening metal the base will be very much lighter. drical pivoting stud 6 isrigidly secured to and projects downward from the inner end or head 5 of the carrier base. This stud furnishes the means by which the carrier may be pivoted to the outer end of the throwing A cylin- 1 arm. A spring '8 may be secured to the throwing arm, and have a free end engaging with the carrier for the purpose of maintaining it normally in substantial alinement with the throwing arm.

Preferably, the near arm 9 of the carrier is provided with a curved point 10. A post 12, which is preferably covered with ru her, is fixed to the outer end of the other arm 11 of the carrier base. The top surface of the two arms 9 and 11 are in the same plane, so that I the lower edge of the target flange may rest squarely upon them.

13 indicates a yielding arm, made of spring metal, which is provided at its rear end with angles to the body, as seen in Fig. II. s neck 14 passes through a slot in the spring support 7 which is rigidly fixed to the head 5 and extends u ward therefrom. The neck 14 is adjustab y held in said slot by aset screw 15 which screws through said support against said neck.

The arm 13 is made of spring metal. It is so wide from top to bottom that it is substantially unyielding; but it is thin enough, measured in the other direction, to be capable of yielding under the strain of use, so as to permit .the release of the target. It is caused to so yield by the pressure against it of the target,-said pressure being due to the centrifugal force generated by the rapid movement of the throwing arm 2. 13, or rather its lower edge is in ,a plane which is a short distance above the plane of the top surface of the base. It is so placed in order that it may not engage with the same vertical flange of the target with which the post 12 engages,.but may extend over the-top of said flange and engage with an annular shoulder of slightly smaller diameter than the diameter of said flange. The shape of the target above referred to for which this device is especially adapted, is very familiar to those acquainted with this art, and there- 13 by so extendin over the top of the tar et flange will hold t e target down upon t e lane top surface of the base until it is reeased. This arm 13is curved when viewed from the top, and presents its concave face for engagement with the target. The outer end of the arm will curve slightly in front'of the target; wherefore the target will not be the neck 14 extending at approximately r igllit fore needs no further description. The arm The arm V The inner face of the spring arm l3,'-thatis suddenly released, but on the contrary be compelled to gradually bend said spring arm backward afterit begins its outer movemenuj.

tosay that face-Which engages with the target, is at right angles to the-top surface of the target base, and this construction helps to maintain the target in proper position.

i claim as my invention: 1. .A carrier foftarget traps consistingof a f tar ell-supporting base having, near its inner en means wherewith itim-ayfbe r votally connected with the throwing arm oi; the target trap, and having alsonear saidinner-end an upwardly extending spring-support, and

having, near its outerend, an upwardly 8X tending fixed post, combined with a target restraining arm which is rigidly fastened at its inner end to said spring support and eX- tends therefrom toward the front end of said base at a short distance above the top sur- "face thereof,,said arm being made of a thin strip of spring metal which, under the strain of use, will yield in a direction parallel with I *f5fthetop of said base andonly in that direction, substantially as specified,

2. A carrier for target traps consisting of a target-supporting base having, near its inner end, means wherewith it maybe pivotally connected'with the throwing arm of the target trap, and having also, near said inner end,

an upwardly extended spring support, and having near its outer end an upwardly extending fixed post, combined with a target restraining arm. which is rigidly fastened at its inner end to said spring support and en tends therefrom toward the front end of said base at a short distance above the top surface thereof, said arm being made of a thin strip or spring metal which, under the strain of use, will yield in a direction parallel with the top of said base'and only in that direc-v tion, the inner face of said s ring arm being planesat right angles to tie top surface of said base, substantially as specified.

0. A carrier ior targetdraps consisting of a I targetwuppor'ting base having near its inner end. means wherewi'th it may be pivot-al y 1 connected with the throwing arm of the target trap, and having also near said inner end an upwariilly extended spring support, and having near its outer end an upwardly e:-:-' tending fixedpost, combined with target restraining arm which is rigidly fastened at its inner end' to said spring support and extends therefrom toward the front end of said base at a short distance above the top surface thereof, said arm being madeof a thin. strip ofspring metal which, under the-straii voi use, will yield in a direction parallel with the top of said base and only in that direction,

said arm being curved so as to present a concave face for engagement with the target,

' substantially as specified.

i. A carrier for target traps comprising a base plate, a fixed post secured to said base- 

